Espouse and Take

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Espouse verb - Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans.

Usage example: The candidate espouses Republican ideals

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Take and espouse are semantically related in accept topic. In some cases you can use "Take" instead a verb "Espouse".

Take verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

Usage example: you can take the white side this time, since I got to be white for our last chess game

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Espouse and take are semantically related in accept topic. Sometimes you can use "Espouse" instead a verb "Take".

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

Both are figures of the establishment who refuse to take responsibility for the ideology they espouse and perpetuate.

Source: Comic Book / Marshal Law
Shout-Out: Deserves its own page Straw Character: Richard and Ember, though not entirely antagonistic or useless characters, both take this role semi-frequently in order to allow Quentin to shoot down ideas about religion and philosophy that the author does not espouse.

Source: Literature / The Magicians

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